The Wall Street Journal spoke with IT Risk & Assurance Leader Heather Bearfield about the AICPA's new cybersecurity standards.

The American Institute of CPAs this week unveiled three measures aimed at advancing the battle for cybersecurity.

Finance chiefs and their staff are particularly popular targets for this type of attack, because of their access to company accounts, said Heather Bearfield, Group Leader of IT Risk and Assurance at Marcum LLP, an accounting firm.

Marcum LLP's experience within the Healthcare industry covers the full continuum of care with a special focus within the post-acute care geriatric segments of the industry, hospitals and physician practices.

Some small business owners may pay lower taxes under the Republican tax overhaul, but accountants and consultants will want to read the fine print carefully - once the details are finally settled. And some owners may want to consider changing their corporate structure if parts of the proposed changes go through.

Nonresidential construction spending between September 2016 and September 2017 weakened by nearly 3 percent, with a number of market segments recording double-digit declines, according to the Marcum Commercial Construction Index for the third quarter of 2017.

Marcum LLP is one of the largest independent public accounting and advisory services firms in the nation, with offices in major
business markets throughout the U.S., as well as Grand Cayman, China and Ireland.